Sorry. I might have misdirected you. I was only applying what I use on my homepage.
I am assuming you are opening at the default (MSN)
Click the cogwheel, top right. The first option you see there is to change the language. This is specific, only for the MSN page you are looking at. You can select this as your future home page, or change it to a more convenient one. I use Google.om, which is clutter free, but there are many alternative choices.